Morning Reads for Thursday, January 31st

I’m so sorry to hear about the damage and loss in Georgia. I’m in San Antonio this week and started tracking down family as news alerts came through email. The tornado went right by my niece’s high school in Sonoraville; my company’s entire Kennesaw facility shut down to take shelter for a few hours.

House bill would protect Confederate, Revolutionary War monuments. “The measure, House Bill 91, is designed to safeguard statues, plaques and other markers recognizing Revolutionary War or Confederate heroes from modern objections to views on race held in the 18th and 19th centuries.” This article reminds me of a clip about Crazy People in the South. “We don’t hide our crazy people in the attic. We bring them right down to the living room and show them off.”

We’re mentioned in National Journal: The GOP’s Latest Challenge: Stopping the Next Todd Akin. A Georgia House member who accused President Obama of following the Soviet constitution is probably running to succeed retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss, and another who defended Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment is considering a campaign.

Who cares about the Times? Mess with my ice cream or sticky buns and we’ve got real problems.

“Several U.S. food makers have chosen to cut back on the use of pecans, Zedan said, either curtailing production of things like butter pecan ice cream or substituting in other nuts.
“If you can buy pecans at $6 a pound or walnuts at $3, what are you going to put in your sticky buns,” he said”